Adult ADHD guidelines are moving forward.
Next: final review with experts + lived experience voices, in partnership with CHADD.
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A lush garden path recedes into soft bokeh blur, flanked by vibrant green plants and bordered by golden bark mulch. A flowering crabapple tree fills the upper right corner with clusters of pink and white blossoms. Large decorative quotation marks anchor the upper left. In flowing white text with soft shadow: "The object of walking is to relax the mind. You should therefore not permit yourself even to think while you walk. But divert your attention to the objects surrounding you." Attribution reads: Thomas Jefferson. A wine barrel converted into a strawberry planter is visible in the soft-focus distance along the path. The Life Enhancement Coaching logo appears bottom left. Centered bottom: America's 250th 2026. Bottom right: Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com. The overall mood is serene, contemplative, and inviting — like stepping into a living meditation.
I was excited to read this quote by Thomas Jefferson because he’s describing Moving Mindfulness. In my experience it’s much better for ADHD minds than being seated and quiet which can feel agonizing.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Movin...
#ADHDMindfulness #ADHDLeadership
A close-up photograph of a man's hands holding a smartphone, with barbed wire wrapped around his wrists. The phone's screen emits a soft, warm white glow that blooms upward, filling the center of the image with light. The background fades to a muted purple-gray. The overall mood is both seductive and ominous — the light draws the eye while the barbed wire signals captivity. Text overlaid in soft cream reads: "What would you rather be doing instead of doomscrolling?" In the lower right corner is The Life Enhancement Coaching logo and website Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com.
Whenever he felt like doomscrolling, he would instead message a friend he hasn’t heard from in a while. Brilliant!
The plan was perfect except for one glitch: RSD.
What if no one wanted to reconnect with him?
Read more
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/stop-...
#ADHDLeadership #Doomscrolling
Graphic titled “Read My Book Review” on a parchment-textured background. On the left is the book cover of Personal History by Katharine Graham, showing a black-and-white portrait of Graham wearing pearls with the title and her name below. On the right is a quote from Amy Stewart-Cooper that reads: “I read Katharine Graham’s memoir, Personal History, because I wanted to discover how she transformed herself from a self-described ‘doormat wife’ into the heroic publisher of the Washington Post during the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, and also the first woman to lead a Fortune 500 company.” At the bottom left is the Life Enhancement Coaching logo, and at the bottom right is the website Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com.
Katharine Graham used her low self-esteem to her advantage. She lacked the ego that she should already know everything, freeing her to ask lots of questions about how things worked.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Revie...
#ADHDLeadership #WomenInLeadership #KatharineGraham
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It’s an inversion.
Suppressing someone’s excellence signals weakness.
Supporting their excellence signals strength.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/with-...
#ADHDLeadership #EthicalLeadership
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One of my clients defines a leader as “someone others can depend upon.”
He aspires to lead in his office, his community, and his home.
So when I saw this quote from Confucius, I immediately thought of him.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/to-pu...
#ADHDLeadership
Gifting this article because it's me, maybe it's you too.
I asked my Sensei, "Do you think I might have ADHD?"
He said, "You mean you don't have a diagnosis already? Yes, I have to teach you as if you have ADHD."
#ADHDLeadership #NeurodivergentLeadership
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I like the model of boundaries as a garden gate.
Your life is your garden.
You’re cultivating it.
You let through your gate things that nourish your garden.
You keep out things that may harm it.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Culti...
#ADHDLeadership #ADHDboundaries
Inspirational leadership quote on a textured parchment-style background. Large black text at the top reads: “The highest rulers are those who lead with the mind of a teacher, not the will of a tyrant.” Attribution below says “Confucius (Kong Zi 孔子).” Centered beneath the quote is a large colorful light bulb illustration filled with overlapping geometric shapes in rainbow hues. Around the light bulb are hand-drawn black-and-white doodles representing ideas and planning: charts, graphs, pie charts, gears, speech bubbles, arrows, a megaphone, dollar signs, a lock icon, question marks, and the word “IDEA.” These symbols suggest creativity, strategy, communication, and problem solving. In the lower left corner is a circular logo featuring a stylized bird and the words “Life Enhancement Coaching.” In the lower right corner is the website text “Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com.” The overall tone is thoughtful and educational, blending ancient wisdom with modern imagery about innovation and leadership.
Science confirms that leaders who mentor and teach activate intrinsic motivation, leading to deeper learning, stronger loyalty, and higher performance.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/lead-...
#ADHDLeadership #NeurodivergentLeadership #ADHDProfessionals
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I am back on social media after almost a month off due to a “Migraine from Hell.”
Fortunately, migraines are rare for me, and migraines this bad are even rarer. The last one was 17 years ago.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Migra...
#ADHDLeadership #ResilientLeadership
Leadership transition at CHADD ✨
We welcome Suzanne Sophos @suzannesophos.bsky.social as president and thank Jeremy Didier @jeremywd.bsky.social for her lasting impact and continued leadership.
chadd.org/CHADD-announ...
#CHADD #ADHDLeadership #Neurodiversity #CommunityMatters
A gray-and-white cat curled up asleep on a person’s lap, with a woodstove fire glowing softly in the background. The image includes the text, “A lot of people get to work on their resolutions on New Year’s Day. For me it’s always been a time of rest,” evoking winter stillness and intentional rest.
Hitting the ground running in January seems to be a product of the modern world in which we are largely insulated from the effects of nature.
But ADHD minds are still attuned to the natural world.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Winte...
#NewYear2026 #ADHDLeadership
Photo: A smiling woman wearing purple holding tonfa (billy clubs). Text: I love the saying, "The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried." It's what kept me going in my first, tearful, tonfa lesson. Text right next to the image, in handwritten script: Me, with my first set of tonfa. Their handles were too long for my small hands. Logo: Life Enhancement Coaching Url: Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com Background: Gradient of purples and gold.
Frustration creates courage when you decide to embrace the suck.
That’s true whether the suck you’re embracing is trying to learn an unwieldy weapon, or trying to read with bleary eyes yet another EULA.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/No-Fl...
#ADHDLeadership #ADHDResilience
Text: Empathy is a leadership quality needed in the 21st century. Don't turn it off, process it, so you can continue leading with fierce compassion. Image: Silhouette of a woman in profile, her hair is flowing up and out behind her and transforms into a colorful water color abstract. All of this on a white handmade paper texture background. Logo: Life Enhancement Coaching Url: Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com
Empathy can be a superpower.
But for many ADHD leaders it can also flood the system.
But empathy overload isn’t a flaw. It’s a signal.
It means you’re plugged in. Maybe too much, maybe without boundaries.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Proce...
#ADHDLeadership #Empathy
Photo: A woman wearing a black belt with a big smile in a dojo. Text: "Training for my black belt test while rehabbing a neck injury was one of the most difficult things I've ever, and also one of my greatest joys." Amy Stewart-Cooper Logo: Life Enhancement Coaching Url: Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com
Resilience is not a personality trait, it’s a trainable practice.
This framing removes the shame from burnout. In ADHD leaders it often shows up first as loss of strategic clarity, not loss of motivation.
Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Resil...
#Resilience #ADHDLeadership
Text: "How do you transform Hyperfocus into Flow State? A good place to start is Curiosity." Image: An electronic Flow wave in blue/cyan, with a magnifying glass symbolizing "curiosity", over a gradient background that's blue to pink to orange. Logo: an eagle in a circle with the company name "Life Enhancement Coaching". And the url Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com
You can’t turn on Flow State like a switch,
but you can create the conditions to help you move into it more easily.
A good place to start is curiosity.
Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Hyper...
#FlowState #ADHDHyperfocus #Hyperfocus #ADHDLeaders #ADHDLeadership
The quote, "How is Hyperfocus different from Flow State? And why should you care?" On a gradient background from blue to gold, and a graphic resembling an electronic wave in gold going from larger to smaller left to right. A logo for Life Enhancement Coaching, and the url Life-Enhancement-Coaching.com
♦️ Both are intense, but…
Hyperfocus traps your attention; Flow State harmonizes it.
The brilliance that burns too hot versus the brilliance that shines.
Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/hyper...
#FlowState #Hyperfocus #ADHDLeadership
Quote, "In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. in a country poorly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of." Confucius. Image is of a stack of money with a shadow of window and a palm branch.
When Confucius said poverty is shameful in a well-governed country, he didn’t mean “shame on the poor”, he meant “shame on the leaders, because in a truly well-governed country, poverty wouldn’t happen.” Read more:
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Count...
#ADHDLeadership #EthicalLeadership
CHADD’s board of directors met before the kick off to #ADHD2025, marking a year of connection, growth, and impact.
#adhd #chadd #adhdcommunity #adhdconference #adhdsupport #adhdleadership
I woke up feeling sick.
My stomach ached, I felt hot, and my lower back hurt.
I thought there was no way I could make it to my
Kobudo (traditional Okinawan weapons) class. Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/this-...
#ADHDLeadership #ADHDResilience #MartialArts
He often says the best leaders are the calmest person in the room.
This activated my sense of friendly competition.
I made a habit of looking for the calmest person
and trying to out-calm them.
It worked!
Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Calm-...
#ADHDLeadership #ADHDCoach
Leaders who are in tune with their teams’ needs can create environments for innovation. Safe spaces to fail.
Because the 21st century is marked by constant change—technological, ecological, societal—innovation is a survival skill.
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/c/leade...
#ADHDLeadership
Small daily habits make a big difference for ADHD stress. 🌿
Learn practical ways to stay grounded, focused, and resilient:
🔗 www.adhdawarenessmonth.org/daily-practi...
#ADHDAwarenessMonth #ADHDLeadership #Neurodiversity #WorkplaceWellness #stressmanagement #stress #ADHD #routines
Science confirms that leaders who mentor and teach activate intrinsic motivation, leading to deeper learning, stronger loyalty, and higher performance. Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/c/big_i...
#Leadership #EthicalLeadership #ADHDLeadership
“Do you have any fun vacations coming up?” the bank teller was making small talk.
“No! Thank God!” I said, exasperated. “I couldn’t handle another vacation right now.”
“Why is that?”
“I play hard!”
Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/need-...
#ADHDLeadership #ADHDWellness
My friend smiled impishly, like he was going to say something naughty.
"I have a confession," he said, "I hated The Art of War."
"Me, too!" I was happy. I had never heard anyone else say they hated the book. Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Unpop...
#ADHDLeadership
Empathy can be a superpower.
But for many ADHD leaders it can also flood the system.
You might:
• Feel everything intensely
• Notice too much at once
• Care deeply about fixing what you see
Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Proce...
#ADHDLeadership #EmpathyInLeadership
As a leader, you can’t always stick to rigid plans. Your role demands flexibility. Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/Time-...
#ADHDLeadership #ADHDLeadershipDevelopment #ADHDTimeManagement #ADHDLeadershipSupport
Science confirms that leaders who mentor and teach activate intrinsic motivation, leading to deeper learning, stronger loyalty, and higher performance. Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/b/lead-...
#Leadership #EthicalLeadership #ADHDLeaders #Confucius #ADHDLeadership
Ever hit 75% on a project and suddenly lose all motivation?
It was exciting, challenging, new—and now? Boring. Predictable. Zero dopamine. Read more...
www.life-enhancement-coaching.com/blog/c/tips-...
#ADHDLeadership #ADHDProductivity #ADHDFocus #ExecutiveFunction #ADHDSuccess #ZeigarnikEffect
